原花青素对RAW264.7细胞膜相关前列腺素E2合成酶-1表达的影响

目的 探讨原花青素对RAW264.7细胞膜相关前列腺素E2合成酶-1(mPGES-1)表达的影响.方法 酶免疫测定法(EIA)检测原花青素对PGE2生成的影响,逆转录聚合酶链反应(RT-PCR)检测mPGES-1mRNA的表达,Western blotting检测mPGES-1蛋白的表达.结果 脂多糖(LPS)可以促进RAW264.7细胞PGE2的生成同时上调mPGES-1mRNA和蛋白的表达,而原花青素(4、20mg·L-1)下调LPS诱导的RAW264.7细胞mPGE-1mRNA和蛋白的表达,从而抑制LPS诱导的RAW264.7细胞PGE2的生成.结论 原花青素在mRNA和蛋白水平抑制LPS诱导的RAW264.7细胞mPGES-1表达从而减少PGE2的合成,这可能是原花青素抗炎的机制之一.     

原花青素对RAW264.7细胞膜相关前列腺素E2合成酶-1表达的影响

目的探讨原花青素对RAW264.7细胞膜相关前列腺素E2合成酶-1(mPGES-1)表达的影响。方法酶免疫测定法(EIA)检测原花青素对PGE2生成的影响,逆转录聚合酶链反应(RT-PCR)检测mPGES-1mRNA的表达,Western blotting检测mPGES-1蛋白的表达。结果脂多糖(LPS)可以促进RAW264.7细胞PGE2的生成同时上调mPGES-1mRNA和蛋白的表达,而原花青素(4、20 mg.L-1)下调LPS诱导的RAW264.7细胞mPGES-1mRNA和蛋白的表达,从而抑制LPS诱导的RAW264.7细胞PGE2的生成。结论原花青素在mRNA和蛋白水平抑制LPS诱导的RAW264.7细胞mPGES-1表达从而减少PGE2的合成,这可能是原花青素抗炎的机制之一。     

原花青素对脂多糖诱导RAW2647细胞COX-2酶活性、mRNA及蛋白表达的影响

目的探讨原花青素对脂多糖(LPS)诱导小鼠巨噬细胞株RAW264.7细胞COX-2酶活性及蛋白表达的影响。方法放射免疫法检测COX-2酶活性，RT-PCR检测COX-2 mRNA表达，Western blotting检测COX-2蛋白表达。结果原花青素(0.8，4和20 mg·L^-1)不影响LPS诱导RAW264.7细胞COX-2酶活性，可下调LPS诱导RAW264.7细胞COX-2 mRNA表达；原花青素(4和20 mg·L^-1)下调LPS诱导RAW264.7细胞COX-2蛋白表达。结论原花青素不影响LPS诱导RAW2647细胞COX-2酶活性，但对LPS诱导RAW264.7细胞COX-2 mRNA及蛋白表达抑制作用明显。     

苹果多糖的制备及对脂多糖诱导RAW 264.7细胞凋亡的影响

摘 要 目的：观察苹果多糖（AP）对脂多糖（LPS）诱导RAW 264.7细胞凋亡的影响及其机制。方法: 采用水提醇沉法从苹果果渣中提取苹果多糖,并测定其糖含量和分子量。采用流式细胞仪考察AP对LPS诱导RAW 264.7细胞凋亡的作用。采用Western Blot法考察AP对LPS诱导RAW 264.7细胞中Bcl 2、Bax蛋白表达的影响。结果: 经水提醇沉法提取纯化得到苹果多糖的糖含量为91.3%,重均分子量为184613 Da。流式细胞仪检测结果显示,LPS诱导RAW 264.7细胞凋亡明显高于正常对照组（P<0.01）;与LPS组比较,浓度为0.5 mg·mL^-1的AP作用72 h后RAW 264.7细胞凋亡率显著降低（P<0.01）,浓度为1.0 mg·mL^-1的AP作用48,72 h后RAW 264.7细胞凋亡率显著降低（P<0.01）。Western Blot检测结果显示,与正常对照组比较,LPS诱导RAW 264.7细胞中的Bcl 2蛋白在48,72 h表达明显升高,差异具有统计学意义（P<0.01）;与LPS组比较,浓度为1 mg·mL^-1的AP作用后,升高了LPS诱导的RAW 264.7细胞Bcl 2蛋白的表达,降低其Bax蛋白的表达,差异具有统计学意义（P<0.01）。结论:AP抑制LPS诱导RAW 264.7细胞凋亡,其机制可能是通过提高RAW 264.7细胞中Bcl 2蛋白的表达,降低其Bax蛋白表达。     

加减青娥方体外对RAW264.7细胞向破骨细胞分化的影响

目的 探讨加减青娥方抑制骨质疏松的作用机制。方法 在体外培养的小鼠破骨前体RAW264.7细胞中加入不同浓度的加减青娥方提取物,利用抗酒石酸酸性磷酸酶(TRAP)染色法检测核因子κ B受体活化因子配体(RANKL)诱导的RAW264.7细胞分化为破骨细胞的数量及其活性的影响;利用荧光定量PCR(RT-PCR)法检测RANKL诱导的RAW264.7细胞分化为破骨细胞雌激素受体(ER)mRNA表达。结果 加减青娥方可抑制RANKL诱导的RAW264.7细胞分化为破骨细胞,该作用可能是通过调控ERα mRNA的表达实现的。结论 加减青娥方可通过调控ERα基因的表达,抑制破骨细胞的分化、增殖,从而实现增加骨密度、防治骨质疏松的作用。     

脂联素对巨噬细胞源性泡沫细胞ABCA1及胆固醇含量的影响及机制

目的探讨脂联素对RAW264.7巨噬细胞源性泡沫细胞ABCA1及胆固醇含量的影响及其可能的机制。方法体外培养RAW264.7细胞,加入20 mg/L氧化低密度脂蛋白(ox-LDL)共同孵育48 h,将其诱导成泡沫细胞,加入不同浓度(0、1、5、10μg/mL)的脂联素干预24 h,RT-PCR测定ABCA1 mRNA的表达,高效液相色谱测定细胞内胆固醇含量。观察脂联素对泡沫细胞中ABCA1表达的影响。结果脂联素显著增加RAW264.7巨噬细胞源性泡沫细胞ABCA1 mRNA的表达(P<0.05),并增加细胞内胆固醇含量,且呈浓度依赖性(P<0.05)。结论脂联素可以增加巨噬源性泡沫细胞ABCA1转录水平,促进胆固醇流出,延缓AS的发生发展。     

二妙散对巨噬细胞分化的调控作用研究

目的 研究二妙散对脂多糖（lipopolysaccharide,LPS）诱导巨噬细胞分化的影响。方法 噻唑蓝（methyl thiazolyltetrazolium,MTT）法测定二妙散水煎液对细胞活力的影响;将LPS （100 ng·mL^-1）及不同浓度（0.1,1.0,10 mg·mL^-1）的二妙散水煎液共同作用RAW264.7细胞后,酶联免疫吸附法（enzyme-linked immune sorbent assay,ELISA）检测上清液中肿瘤坏死因子-α（tumor necrosis factor-α,TNF-α）、白介素-10（interleukin 10,IL-10）的含量,实时荧光定量PCR （Real-timefluorescent quantitative PCR,qPCR）检测RAW264.7细胞中白介素-1β（Interleukin 1β,IL-1β）,IL-6的mRNA水平,Westernblot检测RAW264.7细胞NOS2的蛋白表达情况。结果 二妙散水煎液在0.01~100 mg·mL^-1内对RAW264.7细胞无明显毒性。与LPS诱导的模型组相比,二妙散水煎液能明显降低细胞上清液中TNF-α的含量（P<0.05）、升高IL-10的含量（P<0.05）,且可显著抑制RAW264.7细胞中M1分化标记物IL-1β、IL-6的mRNA水平（P<0.05）及NOS2的蛋白表达（P<0.05）。结论 二妙散可通过抑制巨噬细胞向M1促炎方向分化,从而发挥抗炎作用。     

毛酸浆果乙醇提取物抗炎作用及其机制研究

目的 观察毛酸浆果乙醇提取物（AEFPP）的抗炎作用,并探索其作用机制。方法 取二甲苯涂于小鼠耳廓制备耳廓肿胀急性炎症模型,将棉花植入大鼠皮下构建棉球肉芽肿慢性炎症模型,观察AEFPP的在体抗炎作用;采用MTT法检测质量浓度为0.25~20.00 mg/mL的AEFPP对RAW 264.7细胞的细胞毒性;质量浓度为0.625、1.250、2.500 mg/mL的AEFPP预处理3 h后,脂多糖（LPS）作用于RAW 264.7细胞制备炎症模型,ELISA法检测上清中肿瘤坏死因子（TNF-α）和白细胞介素-6（IL-6）的水平;实时定量PCR（qRT-PCR）法检测NF-κB p65 mRNA表达;western blotting法测定NF-κB p65蛋白表达。结果 0.8 g/kg AEFPP可显著抑制小鼠耳廓肿胀率;0.1、0.2、0.4 g/kg剂量组对大鼠棉球肉芽肿具显著的抑制作用,且表现出剂量依赖性;AEFPP在0~3 mg/mL范围内对细胞无明显毒性;另外,0.625、1.250、2.500 mg/mL AEFPP均可显著抑制RAW 264.7细胞上清液中的TNF-α和IL-6的水平;0.625、1.250 mg/mL AEFPP显著抑制NF-κB p65 mRNA及其蛋白的表达。结论 AEFPP具良好的抗炎活性,其作用机制可能与下调p65蛋白的表达和抑制炎症因子TNF-α和IL-6的释放有关。     

基于Nrf2/HO-1信号通路研究橄榄苦苷的体外抗炎作用

目的 探讨橄榄苦苷对脂多糖（LPS）诱导的小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞（RAW264.7）炎症的保护作用及机制。方法 MTT法检测橄榄苦苷（0、10、20、40 μmol/L）对RAW264.7细胞活性的影响;用橄榄苦苷（10、20、40 μmol/L）预处理细胞1 h后,LPS诱导炎症模型,Griess试剂检测细胞内Nitrite释放;Western blotting方法检测细胞iNOS、COX-2、Nrf2、Keap-1、HO-1、NQO1蛋白表达水平;流式细胞仪检测细胞内NO、ROS、Ca²⁺的水平;荧光显微镜检测线粒体膜电位（MMP）水平;ELISA法检测细胞上清液中肿瘤坏死因子-α（TNF-α）、白介素-6（IL-6）的释放。结果 与模型组比较,橄榄苦苷组Nitrite释放水平显著降低（P<0.05、0.01、0.001）,iNOS、COX-2蛋白的表达显著降低（P<0.001）,NO的产生显著减少（P<0.05、0.01）;TNF-α、IL-6的释放受到显著抑制（P<0.001）;Ca²⁺释放受到显著抑制（P<0.01）;ROS生成受到显著抑制（P<0.01）;JC-1单体降低,恢复聚合物状态（红色荧光变多）,MMP稳定性增强;Keap1蛋白表达显著降低, Nrf2、HO-1、NQO1蛋白的表达均显著升高（P<0.05、0.01、0.001）。结论 橄榄苦苷对LPS诱导的RAW264.7细胞炎症具有抑制作用,其作用机制可能与激活Nrf2/HO-1信号通路相关。     

三七总皂苷调节iNOS-NO-NF-κB信号通路抑制LPS诱导的RAW246.7细胞炎症研究

目的 探讨三七总皂苷（PNS）对脂多糖（LPS）诱导的RAW264.7细胞iNOS-NO-NF-κB信号通路相关分子表达及活性的影响。方法 MTT比色法检测PNS对RAW264.7细胞增殖的抑制作用;不同浓度PNS（25、50、100 μg/mL）干预体外培养LPS诱导的RAW264.7细胞24、48 h后,Griess法检测NO变化;PNS干预24 h后,Western blotting检测iNOS、NF-κB、p-NF-κB、IKKα、p-IKKα、p-ΙκΒα蛋白表达量的变化;PNS干预4 h后,激光共聚焦显微镜检测NF-κB转位入核情况。结果 PNS浓度大于150 μg/mL时,才表现出显著抑制细胞增殖的作用。25、50、100 μg/mL PNS作用于RAW264.7细胞24和48 h后,与模型组比较,NO生成量均显著降低（P<0.001）。50、100 μg/mL PNS作用于RAW264.7 24 h后,iNOS、NF-κB蛋白表达量显著降低,磷酸化蛋白p-NF-κB、p-IKKα、p-ΙκΒα表达水平也显著降低（P<0.01、0.001）。与模型组比较,PNS 25、50、100 μg/mL组核因子p65入核荧光强度显著降低（P<0.01、0.001）。结论 PNS能够显著抑制LPS诱导的RAW264.7细胞iNOS-NO-NF-κB信号通路的活性,降低细胞炎症反应。     

Efficacy of gut lavage,hemodialysis, and hemoperfusion in the therapy of paraquat or diquat intoxication

Clinical and in vitro investigations were carried out to test the efficacy of gut lavage, hemodialysis, and hemoperfusion in the treatment of poisoning with paraquat or diquat. In a patient suffering from diquat intoxication 130 times more diquat was removed by gut lavage 30 h after ingestion than was removed by complete aspiration of the gastric contents.Determination of in vitro clearances for paraquat and diquat by hemodialysis showed that, at serum concentrations of 1–2 ppm, such as are frequently encountered in poisoning in man, toxicologically relevant quantities of herbicide cannot be removed from the body. At a concentration of 20 ppm, on the other hand, hemodialysis proved to be effective, the clearance being 70 ml/min at a blood flow rate of 100 ml/min. The efficacy of hemoperfusion with coated activated charcoal was on the whole better. Especially at concentrations around 1–2 ppm, the clearance values for hemoperfusion were some 5–7 times higher than those for hemodialysis.In a patient suffering from paraquat poisoning, both hemodialysis as well as hemoperfusion were carried out. The in vitro results could be confirmed: At serum concentrations of paraquat less than 1 ppm no clearance could be obtained by hemodialysis while by hemoperfusion with activated charcoal quite high clearance values were measured and the serum level dropped down to zero.

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Zusammenfassung Klinische Untersuchungen und Laboratoriumsversuche wurden durchgeführt, um die Wirksamkeit von Darmspülung, Hämodialyse und Hämoperfusion bei Paraquat- und Deiquat-Vergiftungen zu prüfen.Bei einem Patienten wurde 30 Std nach Deiquat-Aufnahme durch Darmspülung 130mal mehr Deiquat entfernt als durch vollständige Aspiration des Mageninhaltes. In vitro-Versuche ergaben, daß bei Blutserumkonzentrationen von 1–2 ppm, die bei Vergiftungen oft gemessen werden, durch Hämodialyse keine toxikologisch relevanten Paraquat- oder Deiquat-Mengen entfernt werden können. Dagegen erwies sich die Hämodialyse bei 20 ppm und einer Blutumlaufgeschwindigkeit von 100 ml/min mit einer Clearance von 70 ml/min als wirksam. Die Hämoperfusion mit beschicheter Aktivkohle war in diesen Versuchen aber eindeutig überlegen, denn insbesondere bei Konzentrationen um 1–2 ppm waren die Clearance-Werte 5–7mal höher als bei der Hämodialyse.Die in vitro-Ergebnisse wurden bei einem Patienten mit einer Paraquat-Vergiftung bestätigt: Bei Konzentrationen unter 1 ppm war die Hämodialyse wirkungslos, während durch Hämoperfusion relativ hohe Clearance-Werte erreicht wurden, so daß der Serumspiegel rasch unter die Nachweisgrenze abfiel.

     

In vitro studies on sterically stabilized liposomes (SL) as enzyme carriers in organophosphorus (OP) antagonism

This study describes a new approach for organophosphorous (OP) antidotal treatment by encapsulating an OP hydrolyzing enzyme, OPA anhydrolase (OPAA), within sterically stabilized liposomes. The recombinant OPAA enzyme was derived from Alteromonas strain JD6. It has broad substrate specificity to a wide range of OP compounds: DFP and the nerve agents, soman and sarin. Liposomes encapsulating OPAA (SL)* were made by mechanical dispersion method. Hydrolysis of DFP by (SL)* was measured by following an increase of fluoride ion concentration using a fluoride ion selective electrode. OPAA entrapped in the carrier liposomes rapidly hydrolyze DFP, with the rate of DFP hydrolysis directly proportional to the amount of (SL)* added to the solution. Liposomal carriers containing no enzyme did not hydrolyze DFP. The reaction was linear and the rate of hydrolysis was first order in the substrate. This enzyme carrier system serves as a biodegradable protective environment for the recombinant OP-metabolizing enzyme, OPAA, resulting in prolongation of enzymatic concentration in the body. These studies suggest that the protection of OP intoxication can be strikingly enhanced by adding OPAA encapsulated within (SL)* to pralidoxime and atropine.     

Aquatic Insects and Trace Metals: Bioavailability,Bioaccumulation, and Toxicity

Abstract

The uptake of metals from food and water sources by insects is thought to be additive. For a given metal, the proportions taken up from water and food will depend both on the bioavailable concentration of the metal associated with each source and the mechanism and rate by which the metal enters the insect. Attempts to correlate insect trace metal concentrations with the trophic level of insects should be made with a knowledge of the feeding relationships of the individual taxa concerned. Pathways for the uptake of essential metals, such as copper and zinc, exist at the cellular level, and other nonessential metals, such as cadmium, also appear to enter via these routes. Within cells, trace metals can be bound to proteins or stored in granules. The internal distribution of metals among body tissues is very heterogeneous, and distribution patterns tend to be both metal and taxon specific. Trace metals associated with insects can be both bound on the surface of their chitinous exoskeleton and incorporated into body tissues. The quantities of trace meals accumulated by an individual reflect the net balance between the rate of metal influx from both dissolved and particulate sources and the rate of metal efflux from the organism. The toxicity of metals has been demonstrated at all levels of biological organization: cell, tissue, individual, population, and community. Much of the literature pertaining to the toxic effects of metals on aquatic insects is based on laboratory observations and, as such, it is difficult to extrapolate the data to insects in nature. The few experimental studies in nature suggest that trace metal contaminants can affect both the distribution and the abundance of aquatic insects. Insects have a largely unexploited potential as biomonitors of metal contamination in nature. A better understanding of the physico-chemical and biological mechanisms mediating trace metal bioavailability and exchange will facilitate the development of general predictive models relating trace metal concentrations in insects to those in their environment. Such models will facilitate the use of insects as contaminant biomonitors.     

Pharmacological treatment of COVID-19: an opinion paper

The precocity and efficacy of the vaccines developed so far against COVID-19 has been the most significant and saving advance against the pandemic. The development of vaccines has not prevented, during the whole period of the pandemic, the constant search for therapeutic medicines, both among existing drugs with different indications and in the development of new drugs. The Scientific Committee of the COVID-19 of the Illustrious College of Physicians of Madrid wanted to offer an early, simplified and critical approach to these new drugs, to new developments in immunotherapy and to what has been learned from the immune response modulators already known and which have proven effective against the virus, in order to help understand the current situation.     

Alzheimer’s disease – current trends in basic and clinical research. Highlights from the 16th ECNP

Advances in the molecular biological knowledge of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) have led to a growing interest by the pharmaceutical industry in the development of novel compounds that selectively modulate nAChR function. The ability of (-)-nicotine, an activator of nAChRs, to enhance attentional aspects of cognition in animals and humans, to exert neuroprotective and anxiolytic-like effects, and presumably to mediate the negative correlation between smoking and Alzheimer's (and Parkinson's) Disease, has focused interest on the potential therapeutic utility of modulators of nAChR function for treatment of some of the deficits associated with these progressive, neurodegenerative conditions. Numerous compounds are known which activate nAChRs and which might serve as lead compounds toward the development of such agents. The pharmacologic diversity of neuronal nAChR subtypes suggests the possibility of developing selective compounds which would have more favourable side-effect profiles than existing agents. This broader class of agents, collectively called cholinergic channel modulators (ChCMs), is anticipated to encompass compounds which would have more favourable side-effect profiles than existing agents, which generally exhibit low selectivity. This selectivity may be achieved by preferentially activating some subtypes of nAChRs (i.e., Cholinergic Channel Activators, ChCAs) or inhibiting the function of other subtypes (Cholinergic Channel Inhibitors, ChCIs). An overview of the biology of nAChRs and the rationale for the use of ChCMs for the treatment of dementia related to neurodegenerative diseases are presented, followed by a discussion of lead compounds and compounds under consideration for clinical evaluation.     

Steroidal sapogenin contents in some domestic plants

In order to find out the values of the steroid resources for the future use. the compositions and contents of steroidal sapogenins from 13 domestic plants have been investigated. As a result,Dioscorea nipponica, D. quinqueloba andSmilax china were found to have large amount of diosgenin. And pennogenin inTrillium kamtschaticum andParis verticillata, yuccagenin inAllium fistulosum, hecogenin inAgave americana and neochlorogenin inSolanum nigum were appeared to be major steroidal sapogenins.